KDE/kdevplatform/shell

[Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen]

Monday 10 November 2008 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Monday 10 November 2008, Niko Sams wrote:
> > > 2) web browser-alike mode where:
> > > - when only one file is shown you have no tabs at all
> > > - when you open another file, it closes the previous and opens new in
> > > the same place (just like web browser does when you type the new
> > > address in the location bar)
> > > - you always have an option to open a new tab (or open new file in new
> > > tab) if you want to support my usecase like I described in my previous
> > > mail
> >
> > wow. I really like that.
> > So easy to understand - everybody knows how a webbrowser works.
>
> Two comments:
> -this would be different from all editors (text, image, word processors) I
> can remember. They all open a new tab/windows/buffer if you open a file.
> -while everybody knows how a webbrowser works, I think it should be ok to
> require from a developer to understand how an editor works ;-)

  i, for one, agree with both these points - we need to watch out with 
changing metaphors just for the sake of changing them :)

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